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Author:
Patterson, James, 1947
Patterson, James
 
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Star rating for $10,000,000 marriage proposal
Average Rating:
4 stars
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When an advertisement for a wife appears on a billboard promising $10,000,000 to the lucky bride, three women find themselves interested by the mysterious man.
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Star rating for The 13-minute murder
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4.5 stars
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Dead man running: Psychiatrist Randall Beck specializes inPTSD cases--and his time is limited. Especially when he uncovers a plot to kill a presidential candidate. 113 minutes: Molly Rourke's son has been murdered--and sheknows who's responsible. Now she's taking the law into herown hands. Never underestimate a mother's love. The 13-minute murder: Micheal Ryan can kill anybody in just minutes--from the first approach to the clean escape.His skills...
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Star rating for Black & blue
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3.5 stars
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A beautiful young woman is found murdered on a river bank, and Detective Harriet Blue is convinced she's the next victim of the worst serial killer Sydney has seen in decades. But the more Harriet learns, the more she realizes this murder is not what she first thought. And her own life might be tangled up in the case.

4. Chase

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Star rating for Chase
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4 stars
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"'This was no suicide,' says Detective Michael Bennett. A man plunges to his death from the roof of a Manhattan hotel. It looks like a suicide-except the victim has someone else's fingerprints and $10,000 in cash. Enter Detective Michael Bennett." -- p. 4 of cover.
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Star rating for The Christmas mystery
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5 stars
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Detective Luc Moncrief races through New York and Paris to track down a killer . . . and find out who is stealing the world's greatest art.
In the heart of the holiday season, priceless paintings have vanished from a Park Avenue murder scene. Now, dashing French detective Luc Moncrief must become a quick study in the art of the steal . . . before a cold-blooded killer paints the town red. Merry Christmas, Detective.
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Star rating for Come and get us
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5 stars
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"Miranda Cooper's life takes a terrifying turn when an SUV deliberately runs her and her husband off a desolate Arizona road. With her husband badly wounded, she must run for help alone as his cryptic parting words echo in her head: 'Be careful who you trust'"--Amazon.com.
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Star rating for French kiss
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4 stars
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Very handsome and charming French detective Luc Moncrief joined the NYPD for a fresh start--but someone wants to make his first big case his last. Welcome to New York.

8. Hunted

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Star rating for Hunted
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4 stars
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When former SAS captain David Shelley goes looking for an old comrade who has taken to a life on the streets, he finds his friend is dead. An MI5 agent contacts Shelley and arranges a meeting. All the signs point to murder, and the agent believes this is part of something much bigger. The only way Shelley can discover the truth is to put himself on the streets, and into the same danger that got his friend killed.
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Star rating for Kill or be killed
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Four short thrillers co-written by James Patterson. The trial: An accused murderer called Kingfisher is on trial. And Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women's Murder Club are in for a courtroom shocker you'll never see coming. Little black dress: Can a little black dress change everything? What begins as one woman's fantasy is about to go too far. Heist: A band of ruthless thieves is about to pull off the perfect diamond heist-until a rival crew...
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Star rating for Killer chef
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5 stars
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Chef and police officer Caleb Rooney searches for a murderer who kills by poison at top New Orleans restaurants.
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Star rating for Let's play make-believe
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5 stars
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Both survivors of the divorce wars, Christy and Martin don't believe in love at first sight and certainly not on a first date. But from the instant they lock eyes, life becomes a sexy, romantic dream come true. That is, until they start playing a strangely intense game of make-believe--a game that's about to go too far.
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Star rating for Private
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3 stars
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Jack Morgan is visiting Peter Knight and the team in the London branch of his investigation agency, Private. At a cocktail party the night before the Trooping the Colour parade for the Queen's 90th birthday, Jack receives a phone call from the Duke of Aldershot saying that his daughter, Abbie, has been kidnapped. He needs Private on the case - one word to the police and Abbie will be killed. Jack will have to find Abbie before 11:00 a.m. the next...

13.  Taking the Titanic

 
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Star rating for The 13-Minute Murder
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A psychiatrist, a mother, and an expert hitman each race against time in these three fast-paced thrillers from the world's #1 bestselling writer, James Patterson.
Dead Man Running: Psychiatrist Randall Beck specializes in PTSD cases — and his time is limited. Especially when he uncovers the plot to kill a presidential candidate.
113 Minutes: Molly Rourke's son has been murdered — and she knows who's responsible....
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Star rating for Detective Cross
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5 stars
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When an anonymous caller promises to detonate bombs throughout Washington D.C., Alex Cross and his wife, Bree Stone, investigate the threat before it's too late.
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Star rating for The dolls
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The Dolls are perfect lovers, perfect companions, perfect killers. Investigative reporter Lila Wallace has covered many crimes of passion in 10 years. But nothing will prepare her for the dark secrets of ... The Dolls.

17.  The end: an Owen Taylor story

 
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Star rating for The exile
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4 stars
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Ex-cop Finn O'Grady hasn't been home in years. But the woman he swore to protect is convinced an ancient curse has put her and her son in deadly danger. O'Grady has seen too much evil on earth to believe in the supernatural. And then the killing starts --
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Star rating for French twist
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3 stars
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"Gorgeous women are dropping dead at upscale department stores in New York City. Detectives Luc Moncrief and Katherine Burke are close to solving the mystery, but looks can be deceiving"--Back cover.

20. Hidden

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Star rating for Hidden
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5 stars
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When Mitchum's fourteen-year-old cousin is abducted, he calls on every lethal skill he's learned to track her down, but nothing is what is seems.
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Star rating for The house husband
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Harry Posehn is the best dad, the best husband...well, maybe not. Detective Teaghan Beaumont is getting closer and closer to discovering the truth about Harry Posehn. But there's a twist that she will never see coming.
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Star rating for Juror #3
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4.8 stars
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Ruby Bozarth, a newcomer to Rosedale, Mississippi, is also fresh to the Mississippi Bar -- and to the docket of Circuit Judge Baylor, who taps Ruby as defense counsel in a racially charged felony. The murder of a woman from one of the town's oldest families has Rosedale's upper crust howling for blood, and the prosecutor is counting on Ruby's inexperience to help him deliver a swift conviction. Ruby's client is an African American college football...

23.  The killer's wife

 
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Star rating for Malicious
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5 stars
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Mitchum is back. His brother's been charged with murder. Nathaniel swears he didn't kill anyone, but word on the street is that he was involved with the victim's wife. Now, Navy SEAL dropout Mitchum will break every rule to expose the truth--even if it destroys the people he loves.
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Star rating for Manhunt
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3.7 stars
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"Michael Bennett, be grateful you're alive. Someone attacked the Thanksgiving Day Parade directly in front of Michael Bennett and his family. The television news called it 'holiday terror'; Michael Bennett calls it personal. The hunt is on...."--Back cover.
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Star rating for The medical examiner
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5 stars
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A woman checks into a hotel room and entertains a man who is not her husband. A shooter blows away the lover and wounds the millionairess, leaving her for dead.
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Star rating for The Moores are missing
Average Rating:
5 stars
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The Moores are Missing: In a placid suburban town, the Moores, a perfect family, suddenly vanish without a trace. The Housewife: Former chief of detectives Maggie Denning is adjusting to a quiet new life in the suburbs, staying home with baby twins. One morning she sees a limo dropping off a glamorous woman at a nearby home. When she discovers that the same woman has been murdered, she starts asking questions around the neighborhood. Absolute Zero:...
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Star rating for Private
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4 stars
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Hired to protect a visiting American woman, Private Johannesburg's Joey Montague is hoping for a routine job looking after a nervous tourist. After the apparent suicide of his business partner, he can't handle much more. But this case is not what it seems--and neither is his partner's death.
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Star rating for Murder in paradise
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5 stars
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This collection features three pulse-pounding stories from James Patterson: "The Lawyer Lifeguard" with Doug Allyn, "The Shut-In" with Duane Swierczynski, and "The Doctor's Plot" with Connor Hyde. The Lawyer Lifeguard: Are you the lawyer who got blown up with his girlfriend? Defense lawyer Brian Lord survived the car bomb that killed his fiancée. Out of work and out of his mind, he takes on a lifeguard job at the beach. But there's one wave he'll...

30.  The witnesses

 
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Star rating for The river murders
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5 stars
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Hidden: "After being rejected by the Navy SEALS, Mitchum becomes his small town's unofficial private eye. But his investigation skills are put to the test when he searches for his missing teenage cousin - and uncovers a government conspiracy in the process"--Provided by publisher. Malicious: "Mitchum's brother has been charged with murder. Nathaniel swears he didn't kill anyone, but word on the street is that he was involved with the victim's wife....